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German lessons for stunned Socceroos

Germany began their Group D campaign with an emphatic 4-0 win over 10-man Australia, with Lukas Podolski, Miroslav Klose, Thomas Muller and Cacau all finding the net in Durban.

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Line-up

1 Manuel NEUER (GK) (GK) Mark SCHWARZER 1
3 Arne FRIEDRICH Yellow Card (C) Lucas NEILL 2
6 Sami KHEDIRA Yellow Card Craig MOORE 3
7 Bastian SCHWEINSTEIGER Red Card Tim CAHILL 4
8 Mesut OEZIL Yellow Card Out (-74' ) Jason CULINA 5
10 Lukas PODOLSKI Goal Out (-81' ) (-74') Out Brett EMERTON 7
11 Miroslav KLOSE Goal Out (-68' ) Luke WILKSHIRE 8
13 Thomas MUELLER Goal Scott CHIPPERFIELD 11
14 Holger BADSTUBER (-46'HT) Out Vince GRELLA 13
16 Philipp LAHM (C) Yellow Card Carl VALERI 16
17 Per MERTESACKER (-64') Out Richard GARCIA 19
Substitute(s)
12 Tim WIESE (GK) (GK) Adam FEDERICI 12
22 Hans Joerg BUTT (GK) (GK) Eugene GALEKOVIC 18
2 Marcell JANSEN Michael BEAUCHAMP 6
4 Dennis AOGO Joshua KENNEDY 9
5 Serdar TASCI Harry KEWELL 10
9 Stefan KIESSLING (+46'HT) In Brett HOLMAN 14
15 Piotr TROCHOWSKI (+74') In Mile JEDINAK 15
18 Toni KROOS (+64') In Nikita RUKAVYTSYA 17
19 CACAU Goal Yellow Card In (+68') Mark MILLIGAN 20
20 Jerome BOATENG David CARNEY 21
21 Marko MARIN In (+81') Dario VIDOSIC 22
23 Mario GOMEZ In (+74') Marco BRESCIANO 23
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  • Germany's midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger (L) and Australia's striker Richard Garcia
  • Australia's midfielder Brett Emerton (L) vies with Germany striker Lukas Podolski at Durban
  • Thomas Mueller of Germany (L) scores his side's third goal past Australia's Mark Schwarzer
  • Germany's striker Mario Gomez (R) vies with Australia's defender Craig Moore in Durban
  • Cacau of Germany breaks through a challenge from Mile Jedinak (L) and Luke Wilkshire (R) of Australia
  • Philipp Lahm of Germany (C) celebrates with team mates Arne Friedrich (L) and Thomas Mueller

We knew we had a chance before the tournament and we showed that tonight. But there's still a long way to go.
Philipp Lahm, Germany captain 

 

 

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Latest Comments:
milandy
06/07/2010 at 05:13
milandy (Australia)
This result doesn't look as bad, since ARG got the same treatment
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simmys1971
26/06/2010 at 13:11
simmys1971 (Kenya)
It was predicted the germans were to win but not to that big margin
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Paramsa
24/06/2010 at 17:56
Paramsa (Indonesia)
I was thrilled watching this match. Well done Germany.
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Statistics

GermanyGermany AustraliaAustralia
16Shots10
4Corner kicks7
2Yellow cards3
0Second yellow card and red card0
0Red Cards1
55%Possession (%)45%

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